Creative Director

Position Title: Creative Director


Location: Remote but must be local to the DC, Maryland and Virginia area


Assignment Type: 3 - 6 Months Contract


Pay Rate: $53 - $57/hr.


Work Schedule: Monday - Friday


Benefits: This position may be eligible for medical, dental, vision, and 401(k).

Job Description:

Brand & Creative Leadership:
• Guide the continued evolution of our client's brand across products, campaigns, marketing, thought leadership, and client-facing experiences
• Maintain creative standards across all channels and touchpoints
• Lead the development of thoughtful, differentiated, and strategically aligned creative work
• Facilitate presentations, workshops, reviews, and creative discussions with clients and internal stakeholders
• Help strengthen client relationships through quality, consistency, storytelling, and user experience

Product & Experience Strategic Direction:
• Help define the user experience and strategy for digital products, platforms, applications, websites, and emerging interactive solutions
• Lead UI designers in modern product and responsive web design, enhancing brands through digital experiences
• Establish scalable design systems, interaction models, and experience standards
• Partner with engineering, product strategy, and production teams to ensure creative vision carries through to shipped experiences
• Provide guidance on accessibility, usability, storytelling, and customer experience best practices
• Support enterprise client engagements requiring strategic creative and UX leadership

AI, Workflow & Production Leadership:
• Help evolve AI-enabled creative and production capabilities throughout the organization
• Introduce practical workflows that improve creative quality, operational efficiency, collaboration, and scalability
• Evaluate emerging tools and technologies related to design, video, ideation, prototyping, and production
• Establish thoughtful standards for responsible and effective use of AI within creative workflows
• Guide teams through evolving technologies while maintaining creative judgment, originality, and brand integrity
• Oversee creative direction for product, application, web, and digital experience initiatives, along with supporting campaigns, content, and brand work
• Improve creative operations and production workflows to support scalability and execution quality

Team Leadership:
• Mentor and support multidisciplinary creative talent spanning design, UX, content, analytics, video, and production
• Help teams strengthen both creative craft and technology fluency
• Identify evolving skill needs and growth opportunities
• Support hiring, onboarding, mentoring, and professional development efforts
• Foster a culture of curiosity, accountability, experimentation, collaboration, and continuous learning

Cross-Functional Collaboration:
• Partner with sales, marketing, engineering, product strategy, and production teams to align strategy and execution
• Translate business goals, technical requirements, and customer needs into compelling creative solutions
• Participate in planning sessions, innovation initiatives, workshops, and leadership collaboration
• Actively participate in in-office collaboration days and strategic planning sessions
• 5+ years of experience in a Creative Director or senior creative leadership role
• Proven leadership of multidisciplinary creative teams within agencies, consultancies, product companies, or technology-focused organizations
• Background in digital product design, UX/UI, branding, storytelling, content systems, and creative strategy
• Demonstrated success improving creative operations, production workflows, and organizational processes
• Familiarity with accessibility standards and UX/UI best practices
• Hands-on experience with Agile workflows and collaboration tools, including Jira and Confluence
• Fluent with modern creative tools such as Figma and Miro and evolving workflows related to design, video, prototyping, and production
• Ability to integrate generative AI technologies into creative, content, product design, or production workflows
• Familiarity with platforms such as ChatGPT, Claude, Runway, Adobe Firefly, Midjourney, Figma AI, Canva, and related tools is preferred.
• Advanced proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite
• Excellent communication, presentation, facilitation, and client leadership skills
• Ability to lead multiple workstreams and multidisciplinary teams simultaneously
• Systems-thinking and problem-solving abilities
• Understanding of digital ecosystems, evolving customer behaviors, and AI-driven experience trends
• Portfolio demonstrating leadership across digital products, mobile and web applications, campaigns, brand systems, or experience-driven work spanning multiple mediums and teams
• Strategic thinker with a collaborative, adaptive, and team-oriented approach

Addison Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Addison Group provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Addison Group complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. Reasonable accommodation is available for qualified individuals with disabilities, upon request.


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